Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Myelination of parvalbumin interneurons shapes the function of cortical sensory inhibitory circuits

  • Najate Benamer,
  • Marie Vidal,
  • Maddalena Balia,
  • María Cecilia Angulo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18984-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Myelination optimizes conduction speed of excitatory neurons. However, whether myelination of interneurons (INs) refines cortical networks is unclear. Here, the authors show that INs myelination shapes feedforward inhibition of mouse cortical sensory circuits and impacts whisker-mediated behaviour.